diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/web/SimpleHttpProxyHandler.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/web/SimpleHttpProxyHandler.java
index ffa7681bb2..9d659f1f57 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/web/SimpleHttpProxyHandler.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/web/SimpleHttpProxyHandler.java
@@ -144,7 +144,9 @@ public void channelInactive(ChannelHandlerContext ctx) {
 
   @Override
   public void exceptionCaught(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Throwable cause) {
-    LOG.info("Proxy for " + uri + " failed. cause: ", cause);
+    if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
+      LOG.debug("Proxy for " + uri + " failed. cause: ", cause);
+    }
     if (proxiedChannel != null) {
       proxiedChannel.close();
       proxiedChannel = null;